Wednesday, February 13, 20081202921009

QED

Dan(tdaxp.blogspirit.com) says:
anyone who needs this machine should just learn to except varianceDan(tdaxp.blogspirit.com) says:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrometer_%28device%29Brendan says:
I remember those thingsBrendan says:
ahh the fun of high school AP physicsBrendan says:
we even had a digital one then... although it was easy to throw offDan(tdaxp.blogspirit.com) says:
factully wrongDan(tdaxp.blogspirit.com) says:
digits only go 1-10Dan(tdaxp.blogspirit.com) says:
but a micrometer is much smaller than 1Dan(tdaxp.blogspirit.com) says:
QEDBrendan says:
BUT...Dan(tdaxp.blogspirit.com) says:
B.U.T.,QED!Brendan says:
you can use multiple digits... and even a strange concept called a 'decimal point', also known as a 'decimal separator': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_separatorDan(tdaxp.blogspirit.com) says:
again, wrongDan(tdaxp.blogspirit.com) says:
the symbol for a micrometre is µDan(tdaxp.blogspirit.com) says:
not a digitDan(tdaxp.blogspirit.com) says:
beacuse the Greeks didn't have digitsDan(tdaxp.blogspirit.com) says:
You can't say 7.µDan(tdaxp.blogspirit.com) says:
again, QEDBrendan says:
different unitsDan(tdaxp.blogspirit.com) says:
Obama's going to change thatBrendan says:
lol